Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
External reference: https://openalex.org/T13256
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New open-air sites show repeated Later Stone Age visits in the Karoo Archaeological survey in Wolwekraal Nature Reserve documents multiple late Holocene Later Stone Age sites along the Dorps River, revealing repeated occupational patterns in the arid Karoo region.
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Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional Research reveals that early modern humans 40,000 years ago used systematic geometric sign systems on Aurignacian artifacts, demonstrating proto-writing complexity comparable to later writing systems.
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L-DCS improved visibility in dense rock art scenes Localised decorrelation stretch enhances visibility of rock art in dense scenes through automated windowed colour stretching, improving upon global DStretch methods for archaeological documentation.
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River rituals persist amid mining-related environmental change Study examines how communities along South Africa's Klip River maintain religious rituals despite mining-related environmental degradation, revealing cultural resilience in post-mining landscapes.
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Colonial whaling sharply reduced whale populations in Southern Africa Explore colonial whaling's devastating impact on Southern African cetaceans and marine ecosystems from the 1700s-1900s, examining environmental exploitation, indigenous displacement, and.
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Poison traces found on 60,000-year-old Southern African microliths Microchemical biomolecular analyses detected Amaryllidaceae alkaloids on backed microliths from Umhlatuzana, providing direct evidence of Boophone-derived arrow poisons at ~60 ka.